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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Is the word 'recurrence' correctly used in the sentence?

Is the word 'recurrence' correctly used in the following sentence?

The recurrence of the adjective 'beautiful' you in the sentence 'She's a beautiful girl wearing a beautiful dress sewn by her beautiful mother' doesn't sound good?
  

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"repetition" would be better, I think. There seems to be a spurious "you" in your sentence. I slightly disagree with the content of the statement.

— GPY

  • "repetition" would be better, I think.
  • There seems to be a spurious "you" in your sentence.
  • I slightly disagree with the content of the statement.
  • The repetition is so blatant that it reads as being done deliberately for stylistic effect.
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"repetition" would be better, I think.

There seems to be a spurious "you" in your sentence.

I slightly disagree with the content of the statement. The repetition is so blatant that it reads as being done deliberately for stylistic effect.
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Yes, GPY. I should not have included it.
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